Container



Patented July 13, 1926.-

ISAAC J'. WISOFF, OF BROOKLYN NEW YORK.

CONTAINER.

Application led May 9, 1925.

kMy invention relates to improvements in containers for toilet preparations, such as shaving cream, tooth paste, etc., and particularly to an attachment for such containers for permitting the contents to be ldischarged l therefrom, and utilized in a sanitary and,

prophylactic manner.

An object of the invention is to provide an ordinary collapsible tube with a movable member disposed adjacent the outlet of the tube, and adapted to cut off a portion of the fluid-like contents of such a tube as it is forced through the outlet so that in utilizing the contents of the tube, the exterior of the tube does not have to be brought into Contact with the brush by which the contents are to be transferred to the teeth or skin; the construction of the tube further being such that the outlet can be closed in a leakproof manner when the tube is not needed for use.

Other objects and advantages of`my invention are made clear in the following description, taken with the accompanying drawings, which illustrate one embodiment of my invention, but I of course reserve the right to make any changes that are embraced within the broad meanings of the terms in which the appended claim is expressed.

` On the drawings,

Figure l is a top view of a collapsible tube according to my invention;

Figure 2 is a side view partly in section; and

Figure 3 is a section through the outlet neck of said tube, on the line 3*?) of Figure 1.

The same numerals identify the same parts throughout.

The body of the tube is indicated by the numeral 1. It may be an ordinary tube such as is used in the sale of toilet preparations, and made of collapsible thin metal. It is closed at one end, with an outlet neck 2 at the other, threaded outside, as at 3, to receive a screw closure or cap 4. This cap may have a milled rim 5. Generally such tuhesare opened by unscrewing the cap, squeezing the tube, and thus expelling a portion of the fluid-like contents out of the tube. Such a portion does not separate readily from the end of the neck 2, and the user generally wipes it away on the brush by which it is applied to the part or organs of the body which are to be treated. .When several members of the same family thus Serial No. 29,062.

make use of the tube, the practice is not at all conducive to cleanliness or sanitary habits.

I, therefore, make a recess or opening 6 in the top or end of the cap, and mount in this recess va sliding member 7. The sides of the member are formed with grooves 8, and the lateral edges of this recess are undercut at 9 to provide ribs or tongues 10 to engage the grooves 9. The member has a projectionor knob 11, to be operated, and a stop 12, on its inner tace to strike the edge of the neck, and prevent the removal of the member 7 from the cap, so that the member cannot drop outof the opening 6 and be lost. lVhen the cap is screwed tight it binds the member against the en-d of the neck, and prevents movement of the member; so that it cannot be moved to uncover the opening; andwhen the cap is loosened a little, the cap releases the member 7, and thus allows the member to be withdrawn and expose the opening 7.

In practice, toilet, pharmaceutical and other preparations put into these tubes frequently contain alcohol and other ,thin liquids which are difficult to seal and leakage from the tubes can easily take place. By locating the member (7 in the cap 4, all leakage is obviated because when the cap is tightened, the member is bound in secure engagement with all the edges of the opening 6, particularly if a packing is laid be.- tween the inside of the Cap 4 and end of the neck 2. Asclearly shown in Figure 3, the inner edge of the member 7 is beveled andV so is the abutting edge of the opening 6. Hence when the cap 4 is turned up, the member 7 is forced against the nd of the neck 2, and as a result the bevel engagement of the member and the edges of the opening becomes very snug all around the member and any liability of leakage is entirely obviated, at the same time the retention of the cap allows easy filling of the tube. This snug engagement of the closure 7 all around the opening is due also to the tongues l0 and grooves 9,the sides of which are bevelled in eti'ect, like the inner ends of the olosure 7 and recess 6. See Figure 2.

Hence, when the contents of the tube are needed, the cap is loosened or unscrewed a little. The member 7, being normally shut, is thus released, can be withdrawn, as in Figure 3, till the stop 12 strikes the inside of the neck 2. Then the tube can be squeezed, and a portion 13 forced out roteot by Letters Patent of the United through the opening 6. When enough protates is trudes, the member 7 is pushed to cut it oif A container for a Huid-like mass, the conallowing it to drop upon a brush held under tainer having a closure in the form of a 5 it; and thus the tooth brush, shaving brush screw cap that can be tightened or loosened or other appliance need not be m'ade to on the container, the cap having a distouch the exterior of the tube; and the tube charge opening for said mass, and a slidable remains clean and fresh for the benefit of member mounted on said cap to close the Whoever-.wishes to make use of it next. opening or uncover it to permit a portion 10 The slot 7 does not extend entirely across of said mass to be forced through said openthe cap 4, but a portion 14 is left to hold ing, said member being shaped to cut off the tWo parts of the cap at both sides. of the said portion, said member having bevel encap together. gagement with the periphery of the open- The invention is very simple, and can be ing Whenit closes the latter and cooperat- 15 practiced in connection with collapsible ing with the cap as it isscrewed down to seal tubes of any kind in which toilet preparaup the container thus rendering it leakproof. tions are put up or ldistribution and sale- Signe-d at Brooklyn, in the county of Jin stores and shops. Kings and State of New York this 30th day Having described my invention, what I of April A. D. 1925.

20'believe to be new and desireto secure and ISAAC J. WISOFF. 

